Hotel worker charged with sexual assault

Staff Reports

Updated 9:23 pm, Monday, March 17, 2014

STAMFORD -- A West Side motel maintenance worker who talked his way into a 60-year-old woman's room early Saturday morning and tried to force himself on her was arrested after he feel asleep in the room, police said.

Carlos Oyola-Bandara, 35, of West Main St., Stamford, was charged with attempted first-degree sexual assault, unlawful restraint, criminal trespass, fourth-degree sexual assault and breach of peace. At his arraignment in state Superior Court in Stamford, his bond was set at $25,000 and he was assigned a public defender. Oyola-Bandara is scheduled to return to court on April 9.

Police say he knocked on the woman's door at the Super 8 motel on Grenhart Road about 3:30 a.m., and told the woman, who has been a resident of the motel for some time, that he is there to fix something. The woman recognized the man as a hotel worker and after she let him in, Oyola-Bandara pulled out a bottle of liquor and put two glasses on the table, and began pouring, police said.

At this point, the woman became aware that Oyola-Bandara was drunk and realized that something was wrong, police said.

He began struggling with the woman while demanding to have sex with her, police said. He was able to get his pants off and exposed his genitals to the woman and held her down while groping her, and was able for a short time to keep the woman from leaving, police said. The woman, however, was able to get away, went to the front desk and told hotel personnel to get their employee out of her room.

Police were called, and said they found Oyola-Bandara in the woman's hotel room, fast asleep. The woman identified him as the man who attacked her, police said.